Word: crucial
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...general inconsistency in fundamentals which the playing of those men from the class of 1917, who had received their fundamental training before Coach Rush came to Princeton, displayed, has been responsible for Princeton's lack of team play in the crucial moments and consequently the loss of Harvard and Yale games. Next year, however, every man on the team will be a Rush-coached man from fundamentals up and the standard of the team's playing will be far above former years...
Captain Dadmun denounced the lack of support given the team by the class, but commended the spirit of those who attended the meeting. Coach Rollins gave a resume of the season to date, telling how the team had gone through its crucial test in the Exeter game and had only just found itself. He urged as many Freshmen as possible to make the trip to New Haven with the team...
...strongest arguments to arouse the mediocre student who regards athletics as his only college interest is contained in a paragraph from President Foster's article: "So difficult is it for a student to change his habits of life after the crucial years (of college that not one man in twenty) years--not one man in twenty years--who was satisfied in Harvard College with grades of 'C' and lower gained distinction in the studies of the Harvard Law School." In this lies the kernel of the entire discussion concerning the value of high scholarship. The number...
...condition, and the team is not what it should be physically at this time of the year. The late start this year, fully two weeks behind Harvard's get-off, did not do us any good, and the squad has been slow in rounding into shape for the crucial game of the year. I do not consider the eleven I have at this time the equal of the team that defeated Harvard last fall...
...yard line. The attempt to kick a goal failed, the ball hitting the goal post. The Freshmen had several other chances to score, especially in the first half, but a poor choice of plays together with faulty interference and the stiffening of the Tech line at the crucial moment prevented further touchdowns...